Google making dive into social media?2010-02-09 10:25 by DanielaTags: Google, Facebook, Twitter
Google is expected to plunge into the world of Facebook and Twitter, using its popular Gmail service to allow users to post status updates and items. The search-engine giant, which recently tweaked its search function to allow easier access to social media results, has planned a 1 p.m. ET event at its California headquarters. That comes a day after the Wall Street Journal quoted "people familiar with the matter" saying the feature would allow Facebook-style status updates, as well as pinging when users post something to affiliated sites like YouTube or Picasa. If it appears as described, it would be a sort of anti-Twitter, making a user's updates private by default, as opposed to open, as they are on the micro-blogging site. The hands-down leader in the search engine world, Google has been branching out on projects that include its Nexus One smartphone - the company's first foray into hardware marketing. Read more -here-
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